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Read more about the article What Are You Giving Up for Lent?

What Are You Giving Up for Lent?

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 22, 2023
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Today is Ash Wednesday, the first day of Lent. Lent is a season within the church year in which some Christians chose to intentionally abstain from something for forty days…

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Two Resources for the Season of Lent

  • Post author:Amy Julia Becker
  • Post published:February 13, 2023
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Two Resources for the Season of Lent: 1. Devotional Guide // 2. Small Group Discussion Series For those of you who pay attention to the church calendar, Lent is about…

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Small Group Lenten Guide

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  • Post published:January 5, 2023
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GET THE FREE LENTEN SMALL GROUP GUIDE If you, like me, are looking for ways to be more intentional with prioritizing contemplation, patience, and deliberate engagement with the most important…

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Read more about the article I’m Giving Up Potato Chips for Lent

I’m Giving Up Potato Chips for Lent

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  • Post published:March 2, 2022
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I’m giving up potato chips for Lent. (For those of you who listened to the podcast episode with Becca Stevens, yes, this is thanks to that conversation.) It’s such a…

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Read more about the article Returning to the Light (and the Lenten Devotional)

Returning to the Light (and the Lenten Devotional)

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  • Post published:February 14, 2022
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My husband Peter is one of the few people I know who celebrates the winter solstice. He even found the moment of “minimum declination”—the exact time when we transition from…

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Lenten Reflection | Psalm 130

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  • Post published:April 3, 2021
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This week I’m offering some thoughts on waiting from Psalm 130. We are all waiting for something—whether it is with hopeful expectation, dread, or contentment. My question to myself lately…

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Lenten Reflection | Psalm 22

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  • Post published:March 27, 2021
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What does it mean for God to be with us? For God to slow down, enter into our pain and suffering, enter into our whole lives, so that we can…

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Lenten Reflection | Psalm 1

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  • Post published:March 20, 2021
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Do you ever get overwhelmed by the injustice in the world? Or feel uncomfortable by the word justice? Or feel paralyzed at the thought of doing anything to undo injustice?…

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Lenten Reflection | Psalm 23

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  • Post published:March 13, 2021
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What does Psalm 23 have to do with worry? I used to think I wasn’t a person who worried about much. And I didn’t worry much about external dangers—germs and…

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Lenten Reflection | Psalm 139

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  • Post published:March 6, 2021
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Do some Bible verses sometimes feel to you like a Hallmark greeting card? Nice sentiment, but divorced from reality? This week our Lenten reflection is on Psalm 139. It’s a…

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